Transportation Industry
Keppel converting VLCC to FPSO for U.S. Gulf.(Update)
Marine Log, March, 2008
Singapore's Keppel Shipyard Limited won the contract for the conversion of the first Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
The contract was awarded by BW Pioneer Ltd., an affiliate of BW Offshore, for the conversion of a 1981-built, 155,000 dwt tanker into an FPSO for operation in the deepwater Cascade and Chinook development, about 180 miles offshore of south Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico.
When completed in the third quarter of 2009, the FPSO will be turret moored at a water depth of around 2,600m--the deepest waters ever for an FPSO. The vessel will be equipped with APL dis-connectable Submerged Turret Production Buoy (STP) including fluid swivel and the appurtenant mooring system.
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